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• Final project/competition
• Presentation and PowerPoint
• MIL/CIMAR videos (or field trip)
• SubjuGator Video
• Urban Grand Challenge Videos
• Others?
• Go to MIL and CIMAR

See examples on web-site 06_Project.pptx
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Competition Description

• Walled-path with start and end lines
• See next page for more course info
• Walls will be 2x6s
• The object of this competition
• Go through the path from the starting line to the
  end line
• Turn around at the end line and then come back to
  the start line
• Continue past the start line and stop in the
  carport.
• The carport will have a roof, but may have no
  walls.
• PowerPoint presentation to class is part of
  competition
• Time is important
• Bonus points will be added for effects and
  elegance of solution
• Sound, smooth motion, etc.

Start
Turn Line
Start (IR beam)
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Final Competition Layout

• Robot must wait on starting line for IR GO
  signal, indicated by a flash light.
• Team must tell story about where there robot is
  going and why.
• Robot must fully cross destination line, then
  turn around.
• The robot must return to the garage, stop, and
  beep. (The time elapsed from the GO to the beep
  will be stated by the TA for the video recording.)

Example course
Robot must fully cross this line
Dark Garage
Flash Light Start
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Teams

• You will be in the same teams you have used also
  semester (3 or 4 students)
• Each team will have the opportunity to make 2
  videos
• The videos will be posted on our website
• Each team will make a give a PowerPoint
  presentation on Tuesday, 24 April, during our
  last class
• One of the two videos of the robot in action
  should be part of the presentation
• Email Dr. Schwartz about which video you want to
  present
• Dr. Schwartz will put that video file on the
  presentation computer desktop
• Email your presentation to Dr. Schwartz by
  Monday, 23 April, at 3pm

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Presentation Content Title Page

• Title Page
• Course Number and Name (EGN 1935 ECE Adventures)
• Team name, Robot name
• Team members names
• Example title page on next page

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Team TermaGator Crew

• Robot TermaGator 37
• Team Members
• Clem Cadidalhopper
• Candy Kane
• Joe Mama

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Presentation Content Summary

• Summarize the content of your presentation
• For example
• Member biographies
• Robot Story
• Team conclusions

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Presentation Content Biographies

• Bio of each team member (at least one page per)
• Year (freshman, sophomore, etc.)
• Major
• If major changed during this semester, old
  major/new major
• What you gained/learned in this course
• How will this course affect you in the future
• UF plans and goals
• Career plans and goals
• Words of wisdom to pass on to the next group of
  students (or your brother/sister)
• Example bio on next page

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Bio of Joe Mama

• 2nd semester Freshman
• Before this semester I was going to be a
  Professional Wrestling major
• After taking this course, my major is now EE (but
  Im also consider CE and ME)
• This class has shown me that engineering can be
  fun! Ive learned to use several pieces of
  equipment including multimeters and oscilloscopes
• I now have a basic understanding of circuits,
  signals, sound, sensors and motors
• I will definitely get involved in some projects
  while at UF

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Bio of Joe Mama (continued)

• I want to make the first wall climbing robot at
  UF.
• I want to start my own company (Joe Mama Inc.)
  after working at a big company for 2-3 years. I
  want to invent something cool!
• UF classes can be fun if you find the right ones
  (like this one). Go to sports events, do
  intramurals or clubs and get involved in
  competition teams.

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Presentation Content Robot Story

• Have your team come up with a story about your
  robots travel through the maze

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Presentation Content Team Conclusions

• Have your team come up with a statement of what
  you have gained/learned in this course and words
  of wisdom to pass on to the next group of
  students (or your brother/sister)

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Presentation

• Use PowerPoint (see 06_Project.pptx on website)
• If you have your own laptop, you can use a
  different presentation program
• Presentation length is 5-8 minutes (including
  video).
• All team members should contribute to the
  presentation creation and all members should
  speak
• We will video tape the presentations and post
  them on the web
• Dress up for the presentation.
• Date clothes or better
• No shorts, t-shirts or flip-flops.

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PowerPoint Presentation

• Use a dark background with light fonts or a light
  background with dark fonts
• The former is generally better than the latter
• Be sure that all fonts can be easily seen
• All fonts should be at least 20 pt, but this is a
  minimum. For example This is 32pt
• This is 28pt
• This is 24pt
• This is 20pt
• Do NOT put too much info on a single slide

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PowerPoint Presentation (Continued)

• Only the important points should appear on the
  visual aids
• The speaker fills in details orally
• Use figures, diagrams, photographs, graphs and
  tables
• Figures are better words
• Avoid detailed, complex figures
• Demonstrations or videos enliven a presentation
• Practice your presentation before the event

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Video

• Each of the two robot video that are taken in lab
  should start with the below statement
• The is EGN 1935 ECE Adventures in Spring 2012
  with Dr. Arroyo and Dr. Schwartz. Our TA is
  Paul Launier or Colin Watson.
• Our teams name is _________
• Our robots name is _________
• My name is _________
• My name is _________
• My name is _________
• After the statement, give a running commentary
  about what the robot is doing
• Add concluding remarks

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All About the Bling

• Prizes WILL be awarded